Not alright, let's start. Rather, alright, that's enough. There's the barest hint of resignation in his voice. Whether it's also on his face—a mystery, because it's very dark at the moment.
He's still on his feet. That's some progress from before. He finds the correct table in the dark, lights the lamp on top of it, and surveys the disorder: a few wooden chairs askew or knocked over, the carpet he'd hauled in bunched up on one side. Optimism has failed him; he isn't learning how to deal tell the distance of sounds just by practicing enough. He can't practice his ear back into functioning. The best he can do is to get used to not relying on it.
Disappointing. But he smiles.
"Most bruises tomorrow wins," he says. "That's how it actually works."
action.
Not alright, let's start. Rather, alright, that's enough. There's the barest hint of resignation in his voice. Whether it's also on his face—a mystery, because it's very dark at the moment.
He's still on his feet. That's some progress from before. He finds the correct table in the dark, lights the lamp on top of it, and surveys the disorder: a few wooden chairs askew or knocked over, the carpet he'd hauled in bunched up on one side. Optimism has failed him; he isn't learning how to deal tell the distance of sounds just by practicing enough. He can't practice his ear back into functioning. The best he can do is to get used to not relying on it.
Disappointing. But he smiles.
"Most bruises tomorrow wins," he says. "That's how it actually works."